Definition of Baccivorous

1. Adjective. Feeding on berries.

Similar to: Herbivorous

Definition of Baccivorous

1. a. Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

Definition of Baccivorous

1. Adjective. (zoology) Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Baccivorous

1. Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds. Origin: L. Bacca berry + varare to devour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baccivorous

bacchante
bacchantes
bacchantic
bacchants
bacchiac
bacchian
bacchic
bacchical
bacchii
bacchius
bacchus
baccies
bacciferous
bacciform
baccilar
baccivorous (current term)
bacco
baccoes
baccos
baccy
bace
bacharach
bachata
bachatero
bachateros
bache
bached
bacheelor
bachelor

Literary usage of Baccivorous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... and certain passeres, and inhabit the neighbourhood of streams : 16. baccivorous birds, as thrushes, blackbirds, &c.: 17. ..."

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